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And is it not poflible they might have difcovered its 
being able to fubfift a very long time without any 
vifible Suftenance, and therefore have made it a 
Symbol of the Deity ? In the fame Manner as it is 
probable the Onion was held facred by them, for 
reprefenting the Orbits of the T^lanets. But thefe 
Conjedtures may feem impertinent to one fo ufed to 
curious Difquilitions, and therefore I fhall not dare 
intrude on your Time any longer, than to profefs 
myfelf, with the greateft Refped, 
SIR, 
Tour moft humble Servant, 
Strand, Jan. 2. 1739-40- H. Baker. 
R.S. This Beetle (after being kept half a Year 
longer) was permitted to get away, by the CarelelTnefs 
of a Servant, who took down the Glafs to wipe it. 
See the Figure of this Infe^l, in Tab. II. Fig. i. 
IX. The 2 )ifiovery of a perfeSf TJant in 
Semine 5 hy Mr. Henry Baker. 
S INCE the antient Suppofition of equivocal Ge- 
neration has been rejeded, for a more reafonable 
Belief, that every Thing proceeds from Parents of its 
own Kind, Numbers of curious People have bufied 
themfelves in Search of Experiments, whereby to 
demonftrate the Truth of the latter, and confequently 
the Fallity of the former Opinion. For this Purpofe 
the Animal and Vegetable W orlds have been examined, 
and fuch Analogy found between them, as proves 
convincingly, that their Generation and Increafe are 
2 brought 
